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IMPROVED SLAI FOR WINDOW BLINDS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, FREEMAN LITTLE, of the city of St. Louis, county of St. Louis, and State of Missouri,

lhave invented new and irnproved Slats for Window Blinds; and I do hereby declare the following to be an exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a view of the window blind.

Figure 2, an end View.

Figure 3, a view of the top slat.

Figures 4 and 5, the. slats with iianges, on either or both sides, along the edges of the slat.

Figure 6, a top view, showing the cords and pulleys for operating the slats up or down, as commonly used to raise or lower the blind.

The nature of my invention consists in the flanges at the sides ofthe slats `along the edges, (instead of the plain flat Slat) so that each slat fits closely to the next, so as to graduate the light or shut it out entirely; the top slat operating on pins or journals at the ends, in the side frames, so as to vbe more easily turned by the uml, "md the cord to wear longer than by the ordinary mode of turning the top slat. i

A. represents the window frame; B, thc ornamental top o f the blind; C, the cord for turning the slats open or shut; D, the cords and pulley: .E for raising the slats; G, the tassel for drawing down the blind; II, the tape or hand to keep the slats in their properpositions. The upper slat J has a4 pin or journal, K, to revolve in a gndgeon in the sides of' the frame B. The edges of'this slat are rounding, so that the flanges of the next slat will fit against it closely. The slat L has a curved iiange, M, along each side, 4or angular shaped, the ianges projecting at opposite sidesof the slat, so as to correspond and it closely into the next sla-t, to shutout the light entirely, or the anges may curve or project on both sides of the edges of the slat., as shown at fig. 5. Each slat has offsets, N, cut in for the tape II to fit and operate more closely with the slat; and the vapertures P for the cords D to pass through. l

Wha-t I claim as my invention is#- The application of flanged slats, with the above-described upper slat, to Venetian window blinds, which will produce the intended effects, substantially as described. l

FREEMAN LITTLE.

Witnesses:

J Esse D. LITTLE, Guns. HOYLE. 

